OMNISCIENT Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

omniscient

adjective

Definition of omniscient

as in omnipotent

formal knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.

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Recent Examples of omniscient In his telling, the patient often wants to comply with the heroic, omniscient analyst in order to avoid thinking for herself; the analyst must guard against this dynamic and against his own desire to dominate the patient. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026 Music is deeply woven into the film’s fabric, with performances and songs from both actors and musicians serving as the omniscient voice of the characters’ lives. — John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026 Meanwhile, the omniscient, just-the-facts-ma’am narration relates the days and times and events with an efficiency that speaks to us of the unstoppable nature of fate. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025 Second, could de-extinction technologies be misunderstood or have unforeseen consequences for (less than omniscient) human beings? — JSTOR Daily, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for omniscient

Recent Examples of Synonyms for omniscient

Adjective

God, Spirit, is omnipresent, omnipotent, here to protect us under any condition and without interruption.

— Russell Whittaker, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026
The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of omnipotent

Adjective

An almighty monument in fine white marble and soaring ceilings in a city that’s already full of such stuff, and as grand as all get-out.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
That’s what 49ers outcast Brandon Aiyuk, amid his recent social-media rants, mockingly called the practice facility that neighbors an almighty electrical substation.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of almighty

Adjective

None of them is the classic 1927 Hamilton Deane stage adaptation of Bram Stoker’s immortal 1897 novel.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
This realization is the stepping stone out of a mistaken belief in mortal mind’s reality into the grand verity and all-harmonious cosmos of immortal Mind.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of immortal

Adjective

Princess vacations offer supreme ease of travel, eliminating the inconvenience of changing hotels and navigating transportation between cities.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026
The 56-year-old Khamenei has not been seen in public, or even appeared in video or audio, since Israeli strikes killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been Iran’s supreme leader for some 37 years.

— Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of supreme

Adjective

The imperious Brennan began as a lowly field operative for the all-powerful World Security Bureau, but ended his run with McKenna in the driver’s seat as the head of the WSB’s Port Charles office.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026
For the Kremlin, building an all-powerful security state could ultimately undermine its ability to govern.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of all-powerful

Adjective

On the other hand, however, take a step back and the world-building is jaw-dropping; on a big screen, Rogue Trooper is almost overwhelming, and Barnard becomes an almost godlike presence by the end with his piercing white eyes (don’t worry, it’s explained).

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 June 2026
Since then, Tesla’s stock price has risen more than three-hundredfold, an ascent that explains Musk’s godlike status among investors who bought in early.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 June 2026